82R11175 CAS-D
By: Miles H.B. No. 3358
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information on the number of calories in certain foods
offered by public schools to students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 12.0023 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.0023. INFORMATION ON NUMBER OF CALORIES IN PUBLIC
SCHOOL MEALS. (a) Each school day a public school shall
prominently post at or near the point at which public school
breakfasts and lunches are selected by or otherwise offered to
students a listing of the number of calories:
(1) in each menu item, including each beverage, that
is offered as part of that day's breakfast or lunch meal; and
(2) in any other food or beverage item, including each
snack item, that is not part of a breakfast or lunch meal but that is
regularly sold or otherwise offered to students by the school.
(b) A school district shall, before the beginning of each
school day, post on the district's Internet website for each
district school the information posted under Subsection (a).
(c) The department shall adopt rules to administer this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.